St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-18

who is now under sentence OF death.
The murder, readers of the GLOBE will
remember, was peculiarly atrOciOuS, the
victim being only sixteen years old land,
as near as ever can be aScertained, de-
Tending her honor when slain. The
plea for communication is made on the
ground that OoLoNG is insane. His in
sanity is just as strenuOusly denied by
those who know the prisoner and under
stand that the crime was in part pre-
meditated. There is some indication of
the issue being made a political one by
those who are opposed to capital pun
ishment. In that case, the governors
well known leaning toward the Fifth
district will not only save OoLONG's
neck, but also restore the life of his in
nocent victim. By so doing he will UNI
dOubtedly satisfy both sides and mate
rally benefit himself.
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In the way most women manage
horses there is something that causes
the average man to believe that PrOvi-
dence does protect us. a lady stepped
other day, and taking up the reins
talked to her horse like this:
''Get upr'
$50 on, Billy"
''Get up! Get upI''
''Billy, why don't you gO?'
"YOu horrid bruteI"
''What stupidl''
The horse, despite all this, stood stock
still. Then his mistress spoke to a gen
tleman who had been watching her:
Can you make this animal start,
sir?"
He politely bowed, came forward,
unhitched the horse and patted him on
the neck. Then the ''horrid brute" and
''stupid ANIMAL started.
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/ understand that the common coun-
Gil intend to take charge of the high
license matter in st. Paul. am told
that at their next meeting they will
pass a resolution fOrbidding the city
clerk from issuing any licenses on Jan.
l. The knotty point raised is whether
or not under the new law, twenty days
after the election in May will the sa-
loonkeepers in st. Paul have to take out
new licenSes-that is, pay $1,000 Jan.
and then again in May? This, the high
license people (SOme of them) explain
will not be the case. the broad intent of
the law being that licenses shall, when
paid in January and the election comes
in May, amount in value to that per cent
of 81 900 or $500 that One-third of year
may come to. The purpose of this pro-
vision is that if at an election city or
town decides to raise licenses or alb
Olish them the decision may take effect
within twenty days thereafter. OF
course, the saloons don't intend to close
Jan. l, but it is very doubtful if any
licenses will be issued then, and per-
l. Of o,.l,
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The Columbia association has been
considering this point in the license law,
and has come to the conclusion that the
courts should pass upon it before any
licenses are paid in st. Paul. There is
as well the unsettled point raised in
Minneapolis, as to whether the brewers
and wholesale liquor dealers are sub
ject to this 81, 900 tax. The Minneapolis
courts hold that they are. L have heard
wholesale dealers say themselves that
they thought they were, but the SUI
preme court has yet to pass upon it.
These two questions will delay the en-
fOrcement of the license law in St. Paul,
but what complications it will lead to
can hardly be foreseen. The irrational
ones of the temperance element are in
clined to make fuss, and talk loudly
about what ought to be done with the city
council, WILLIAM PITT MURRAY and
the saloonkeepers. That's arrant non
sense. 1t is only fair now to presume
that when it is decided what the law is
it will be obeyed. 1t has been a serious
question for ten months past whether
the high license bill was law or a com
pound of tOm-fOol lawyeriSms.
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MARCUS JOHNSON and other Repub-
licanS residing at Atwater or there
abOuts are said to be quietly booming
DONNEIaLY for the Republican candi-
date for congress from the Third dis
trict next year. Should this be true,
Mai. STRAIT might fall upon his mar
row bones and thank the Lord he was
out of politics. 1t is only four years
ago that one afternoon at Glencoe a
Democratic convention nominated Mr..
DoNNELLY for congress. He stumped
the district on what is in truth a free
trade platform. By all means bring
him out next year for Republican,
ism and protection. He would accept
Just as readily and fight just as hard as
he did in 1888. Little cares IGNATIUS
whether his breecheS are blue or black,
Give him an audience, a campaign fund
and butt for his jokes, and he'll be
what you ask, without question.
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Mr.. DONNELLY'S chameleon charac-
teriStics remind me of the story told of
him years ago by one of his political OPP
ponents. He said:
q dreamed last night that DONNELI.Y
had died and was standing at the gates
of heaven knocking for adm iSsiOn. ST.
PETER asked him who he was. This
hurt DONNELLY'S vanity, that he should
not be known of in heaven, so he kept
silent but raped on, when ST. PETER
asked:
"'Are you Republican,?
"'Ever been a Democratic
"'Am now.'
"'And an anti-mOnopolist?'
ayes
Friendly to Railroads.&c.
Yes
"'Son of toil?'
eyes,
"'Author?'
eyes
'Free-trader?'
"'YeS.j
"'ProtectiOnist"
"'Yes.'
"'Ah,' said ST. PETER, as he drew
another bar across the door, only the
devil could be all that. know YOU"
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During the campaign last year
CHARLEY GILMAN took a severe cold,
but as he was still in the field for a
nomination. he would not go home. In
consequence Major WILSON put him to
bed in his own room at the Merchants.
He kept getting worse, and angered the
major by refusing to have a doctor.
Finally WILSON came to him one night
and said:
II tell you. CHARLEY, there's just one
thing that will cure yOu."
whats that?" groaned the states
man?''
"Why, you want to have ELI WARNER
come in here and tell you how pretty
MCGII.L is, while GIBBS swaps lies with